Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TUR'BA-RY
TUR'BA-RY, n. [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]
- In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary, is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf on the lord's waste.
- The place where turf is dug. Cowel.
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